Diana Cooper – Sunday, May 17 at 4 pm
Diana Cooper – Sunday, May 17 at 4 pm
The award-winning pianist Diane Cooper comes to Old First Concerts with a thrilling concert of solo piano works.
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Diana Cooper
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Winner of numerous awards—including 1st Prize at the Samson François International Competition (France, 2025), 1st Prize at the Halina Czerny-Stefańska Competition in Poznań (Poland, 2022), 1st Prize at the Vigo International Piano Competition (Spain, 2022), and 1st Prize at the Chopin Competition in Brest (France, 2017)—Diana Cooper was selected to participate in the 19th International Chopin Competition in Warsaw in October 2025, chosen from 84 pianists out of 642 applicants.
She has been invited to perform at numerous prestigious festivals and venues, including the Chopin Festival in Nohant and Paris (Bagatelle), Salle Cortot, the Colmar and Menton International Festivals, the Ysaÿe Festival (Belgium), Kings Place (London), Teatro Filarmónica in Oviedo (Spain), Teatro Jovellanos (Gijón), Filharmonia in Kielce (Poland), the Chopin manor houses in Duszniki and Żelazowa Wola, and Hrvatski dom Split (Croatia).
Selected in 2023 and 2024 for Un Été en France avec Gautier Capuçon, she performed both as a soloist and in chamber music across various regions of France, including Grand Est, Hauts-de-France, and Corsica. Her performances have also led her to the media: France Musique (Générations Jeunes Interprètes, 2018), France 5 (Fauteuils d’orchestre, 2023), as well as a BBC-filmed masterclass with Yuja Wang (2024). Supported by the Banque Populaire Foundation, the Safran Foundation, and the Kirckman Concert Society (UK), she collaborated with several orchestras, notably performing Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 1 with the Orkiestra Symfoniczna Filharmonii Kaliskiej. In 2023, Diana released her first album, dedicated to Haydn, Chopin, and Ravel, following her First Prize win at the Young Artists Support Competition organized by the Festival du Vexin.
Born in Tarbes to a Franco-Spanish mother and a British father, she is a graduate from the CNSMDP (the Paris Conservatoire), the École Normale de Musique Alfred Cortot, and the Royal College of Music in London. Her main professors over the years include Jean-François Heisser, Marie-Josèphe Jude, Rena Shereshevskaya, Norma Fisher and Philippe Giusiano. She also honed her skills with Cédric Tiberghien at the Philippe Jaroussky Academy (2022–2023).